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Lance Corporal '''Ian Malone''' (8 December 1974–6 April 2003) from [[Dublin]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]] was a member of the [[British Army]]'s [[Irish Guards]] |
Lance Corporal '''Ian Malone''' (8 December 1974–6 April 2003) from [[Dublin]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]] was a member of the [[British Army]]'s [[Irish Guards]]. He was the first person born in [[Ireland]] to be killed in the [[Iraq War]].<ref>[http://archives.tcm.ie/irishpost/2004/08/10/story852.asp Irish Post - "Irish Guardsman honoured" - 10 August 2004]</ref> His funeral in Dublin was the first funeral with a uniformed British military presence in the Republic of Ireland since 1922.{{cn}} |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Twenty-eight year old Ian Malone came from a [[working class]] background in the Dublin suburb of [[Ballyfermot]]. The eldest of a family of five, Malone was educated by the [[Jean-Baptiste de la Salle|De La Salle]] [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|Christian Brothers]] Catholic school. He served in the [[An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil|FCA]],<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0906/1220629535638.html Irish Times - "Lure of combat draws Irish men and women to British army" - 6 September 2008]</ref> the reserve force of the [[Irish Army]]. He applied to join the Irish Army |
Twenty-eight year old Ian Malone came from a [[working class]] background in the Dublin suburb of [[Ballyfermot]]. The eldest of a family of five, Malone was educated by the [[Jean-Baptiste de la Salle|De La Salle]] [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|Christian Brothers]] Catholic school. He served in the [[An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil|FCA]],<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0906/1220629535638.html Irish Times - "Lure of combat draws Irish men and women to British army" - 6 September 2008]</ref> the reserve force of the [[Irish Army]]. He applied to join the Irish Army but was rejected.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} He joined the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British Army created in 1900 by [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]]. |
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==Military service== |
==Military service== |
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Malone was promoted to [[lance corporal]] in October 2000 and served on [[Operation Agricola]] in Kosovo.<ref>[http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/malone.htm MOD Operation Telic website]</ref> He completed a piper's course in April 1999, and was a member of the pipe band. He also served with the Battle Group in Poland, Canada, Oman and Germany.<ref>[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/LanceCorporalIanKeithMalone.htm MOD.co.uk - MOD death notice]</ref> |
Malone was promoted to [[lance corporal]] in October 2000 and served on [[Operation Agricola]] in Kosovo.<ref>[http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/malone.htm MOD Operation Telic website]</ref> He completed a piper's course in April 1999, and was a member of the pipe band. He also served with the Battle Group in Poland, Canada, Oman and Germany.<ref>[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/LanceCorporalIanKeithMalone.htm MOD.co.uk - MOD death notice]</ref> |
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He also part of the British military forces in [[County_Armagh#The_Troubles|South Armagh]].<ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0906/1220629535638.html Irish Times - "Lure of combat draws Irish men and women to British army" - 6 September 2008</ref> |
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In November 2002 Lance Corporal Malone was one of a number of British soldiers interviewed on a [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|Radio Telefís Éireann]] documentary series, ''True Lives''. Regarding his membership of the British Army, he said: |
In November 2002 Lance Corporal Malone was one of a number of British soldiers interviewed on a [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|Radio Telefís Éireann]] documentary series, ''True Lives''. Regarding his membership of the British Army, he said: |
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Lance Corporal Ian Malone (8 December 1974–6 April 2003) from Dublin in the Republic of Ireland was a member of the British Army's Irish Guards. He was the first person born in Ireland to be killed in the Iraq War.[1] His funeral in Dublin was the first funeral with a uniformed British military presence in the Republic of Ireland since 1922.[citation needed]
Background
Twenty-eight year old Ian Malone came from a working class background in the Dublin suburb of Ballyfermot. The eldest of a family of five, Malone was educated by the De La Salle Christian Brothers Catholic school. He served in the FCA,[2] the reserve force of the Irish Army. He applied to join the Irish Army but was rejected.[citation needed] He joined the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British Army created in 1900 by Queen Victoria.
Military service
Malone was promoted to lance corporal in October 2000 and served on Operation Agricola in Kosovo.[3] He completed a piper's course in April 1999, and was a member of the pipe band. He also served with the Battle Group in Poland, Canada, Oman and Germany.[4] He also part of the British military forces in South Armagh.[5]
In November 2002 Lance Corporal Malone was one of a number of British soldiers interviewed on a Radio Telefís Éireann documentary series, True Lives. Regarding his membership of the British Army, he said:
- At the end of the day I am just abroad doing a job. People go on about Irishmen dying for freedom and all that. That's a fair one. They did. But they died to give men like me the freedom to choose what to do.
Malone was deployed on Operation Telic in an armoured infantry section with Number 1 Company, Irish Guards, as part of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Battle Group within 7 Armoured Brigade. Lance Corporal Malone was shot in the head by a sniper on 6 April[6] in Iraq during the Irish Guards' advance on the country's second largest city, Basra.[7]
Funeral
The removal of Lance Corporal Malone's body to a Catholic church in Ballyfermot was attended by hundreds of people, including Charlie O'Connor, a local TD, whose father had served in the Irish Guards. His funeral on 24 April 2003 drew large crowds, including senior politicians from the opposition such as Gay Mitchell, TD. An honour guard of the Irish Guards in their full dress uniform was provided, though the coffin was not draped in the Union flag.[8] Pipers from the British and Irish armies played at the funeral Mass.[9][10] His funeral was the first time since 1922 that uniformed British Army soldiers had been seen in Dublin since 1922[11]
References
- ^ Irish Post - "Irish Guardsman honoured" - 10 August 2004
- ^ Irish Times - "Lure of combat draws Irish men and women to British army" - 6 September 2008
- ^ MOD Operation Telic website
- ^ MOD.co.uk - MOD death notice
- ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0906/1220629535638.html Irish Times - "Lure of combat draws Irish men and women to British army" - 6 September 2008
- ^ BBC News - "Irish Guards returned home" - 15 April 2003
- ^ Irish Times - "Dublin-born Irish Guards soldier killed during advance into Basra" - 8 April 2003
- ^ Irish Independent - "Ian Malone - UK soldier, Irish hero" - 27 April 2003
- ^ BBC News - "Funeral service for Irish Guard" - 24 April 2003
- ^ RTÉ News - "Funeral of Irishman killed in Iraq" - 24 April 2003
- ^ British Council, Lives Entwined